The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1871, Page 8

8 EUROPE, | The A’abama Question from an Italian Standpoint. PPALY PLEASED AT BEING THE ARBITRATOR | The Close of the Communist Trials at Versailles, THE LAST DAY IN COURT. Labor Troubles Throughout the Empire of Germany. THE MINE EXPLOSION AT WIGAN, Another Stampede of the British Cavalry at Aldershot. According to a Berlin paper six cases of cholera Dad occurred tn that cliy up to August 31, According to a correspondent of the Franksirter Zeitung the Emperor Francis Joseph ts daily becom- img more pious, Report says that he goes to confes- gion and communion every fortnight. There are ugly rumors afloat of the risk which be- sets London next winter from organized mcendia- Tism. it ts, therefore, a matter of special interest just now to know whether the arrangements of the fire brigade are all that could be reasonably expected or desired. ‘The important work of joining on the French side ‘the railway to the tunnel of Mont Cenisis being urged ‘on most actively, and one line of raiis 1s already laid on the greatest part of the distance. There appears to De no doubt at present that the piece of railway from St. Michel to the opening in the mountain will be terminated in time to allow the inauguration to take Place throughout from Suga ¥ gt Michel on tae 17th of September, as rp carck ST It has been aiscovered, by means of official quiries, that on the 1st of October next 1,600 families, at least, in Berlin will find themselves whhout dwellings, a very few of which are still to be had in the city at @ yearly rent of 409 thalers (£60) and above. In the suburps, of course, a habi- tation may be pretty easily founa by those who are able and willing to pay this price; but both i Berlin and its neighborhood there is a great scarcity of small dwellings costing from 60 to 100 thalers a year. For some time past speculators have almost exclusively built elegant and costly edifices, so that ‘no Increased accommodation has been provided for the humbler classes. Of course, the evil has been greatly intensified by the immense and continually imcreasing stream Oi immigration towards this city 4rom ower parts of Germany. ITALY. The Alabama Question from an Italinu Point of View—ibe Italian Arbitrator—How the Compliment to Italy is Rezgarded—America ja the Right—Verdict of the People and ef Eminent Politicians. Rome, August 31, 1871, It is semt-ofMclally announced here taat the King @as fixed upon Count Frederick Sciopis as his arbi- trator m the internauonal tribunal which 18 to settle the Alabama question. That the King of Maly should be one of those appointed to adjust shese claims 1s looked upon by the Itallans gene- rally as @ high compliment to their resurrected vountry. Such an honor 1s regarded openly as helping to give standing to the new kingdom so lately admitted into tne ramily of great nations, ‘The organs of public opinion perceive in the treaty Bot only a good precedent for settling future dis- yutes—and so, possibly one day, keeping Italy out ef war—but they are particularly grautiea at the attention paid to their sovereign ana at tne proof of the moral influence which she new Italian Power has acquired and is acquiring im the world, TRE NATIONAL VANITY ‘ certainly tickled iu, a very lively manner by the Sensuliative action of the two foremost Cabinets. Americans and Engtish people are sincerely re- spected aud looked up to throughout the peninsula movre than other uations, which are secretly sus- pected of being less solid and more flimsy than the Anglo-Saxon stock. Proof of this is manifested in various ways and is easily had. The treaty has served only to increase the rising tendency of our stock in the Italian markets and other haunts of business and pleasure. We are all set down asa queer Jot, having ratuer an eccentric code of morals and manners, diferent from that of the Latin family: bul, notwithstanding a sight clashing of tradiuonal Ways in Social intercourse there 18 a decided incli- wation to imitate the Anglo-Saxon new ideas and sysiems. “Our legitimate pride,” say the Malans, “of citizens and patriots can but feel nobly satis: fied in seeing tat ihe two greatest maritime Powers of we world, 12 one of ihe gravest questions that ever arose, have made an appeal to the wisdom and loyalty of our King.” THE UNIVERSAL IDEA expressed here on all sides and among all shades of Politicians is that right ison our side, and Wat the Prospective tripanal can honestly have buc one duty fo perform in ihe premises, and that is to decide fully im favor of the justice of American claims as Biready brought forward and discussed in the press of ail civilized countries. ‘Lhe people here have been radely taught to love freedom; itis not long since they were bound in chains of foreiga oppres- mon; and during the civil war av home their entire sympathies were extended on the side of our gov- ermment. Having recentiv had occasion to discuss all these topics with several eminent potitictans, representing really large constituencies, itinay not | be uninteresting al this juncture to transmit what | may be called THE VERDICT OF ITALY ON THE ALABAMA QURSTION. As the new power has its reputation and dignity Bt stake, there can be no douvt that its cepresentative at the high tribunal will act with the sirictest discretion and justice of what is due wo both of the interested parties. I have not specially faiked with Prime Minister Lanza, or, imdeed, any of the government autnorities, upon this question for the simple reason that their ideas of propriety would not allow tiem to broach the subject before the committee have finished their task. But I have full authority to state that the settiement of the Alabama claims, as far as this people and govern- ment are concerned, 18 not different from thas already had im the metropolis iseif. The signing of We Treaty of Washington 1s called here the end of the stroggie between Engiand’s naughty refusal to po jusuce and America’s tenacious purpose to get at JUsTiCl The solemn forme of the arfitration, it is thought, Will smooth over the ruflied feathers of old Eng- apa, And so the penalty to be inflicted by the Italian Mtraior will not be too great a humiliation for one who really has been Italy’s friend in time of great ENe! and (rouie: but he will be positively instracted WH insist upon the pot that Engiand, in recog Mizing ber wrong, cannot be accused of sear, but merely Of esialishing the truth of bistory and saving her good name for fair play. Such are the Malian views in this great case now on the docket. Vietor Emmanue)'s nominee is considered to bea slatesman eminently adapted for the high office be | awe called upon to ull. Count Sclopis is a senator of the kingdom, a minister of state, and president of the Royal Acilemy of Sciences'at Turi. He 18 universally respected, and, while lie is not ac- eorded any very active political talent, he is ad- mitted to posses: a p knowledge tu the science | of law and particularly of international juris- orudence. He is of Predmontese wiways had some political or pu aid he ms 10 tun tue days of Cavour. He has jong enjose the utie | of senator, having served when the Capital was in Torin, aud afterwards in Florence. Mis fam ly is bbe of the oldest and most noble in the biue-viooded books of his provinte, FRANCE, Phe Close of the Communists’? Trinls—The Last ¥ tm Court—Appearance ofthe Prisoners Betore and After Judement—The sentence ced and the Trinls Concluded. VERSAILLES, Sept. 3, 1871, The third Conseil de Guerre nas met for the last time. We have now arrived at the closing scene of the ceiebrated trial. Itis *ix o'clock on the morn- ing of the 2d of September, 1871, ‘The Prestdent ana members of the Court enter. At that early hour there are but few persons in the riding school. The prisoners, of course, are here. They appear dread. | Sully pale. They have passed a feartul might. Now that the excitement of appearing as political cele. brities before Lue oUbiic 18 Dassed, aud thes feel that | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, ‘1871-—TRIPLE SHEET: a probably ere another sun nas set they may be doomed to an ignominious death, nese men, who but a few weeks since would have preferred to reign in heil than serve in heaven, are appalling to contem- plate. The ruddy, pimply-faced Reg?re alone has not paled, To do so would be physically impossible; but the nervous twitching of his face and hands | bespeaks his mental sufferings. Well, here we are in the riding school on a splendid September morning, when all would wish to live, assembled to hear the death sentence of perhaps eighteen of our fellow creatures, There are not fifty of us all told, tnclud- ing the members of tae Court, the prisoners, their attendant republican guards, three advocates, four journalists ana four of the gentler sex. Eve's dauchters are ubiquitous; four of them have come up to time this mornfng, determined not to lose the chance of a sensation. EACH OF THE ACCUSED having been asked in hts turn by the President if he had anything more to add to his defence, answered in the negative. The advocate Bigot, in the name of his confreres, M. Manchon and Duconaray, offered some conclusions in reference to the accused Verdure, to the effect that he could not be accused of any attempt or conspiracy agaipst the govern- ment, as he had arrived in Paris after the insurrec- tion had been carried into execution; that, having quitted the Commuae on the 20th of April, he could not be accused of participation in assassination ana incendjarism. At tbe last moment, when the Court ‘Was about to retire, the accused JOURDSE asked to make a last observation. THe declared that in the dossier was a document which he had never written. He referred to a proposal for federation by arrondissement, He had not admitted the doc- ument, but the Capitaine Rapporteur replied to him that many papers had been seized at his house and elsewhere, but that he admitted the document not to have been written by Jourell. He (Jourde) had therefore been under the tmpression that the paper im question had not been added to the dosster, but he was mistakep,, He simply mentioned the fact in the hope that tne Council would take itinto account. Another point was that M. Theisy, the Director of the Post OMce, was sub- ordinate to the Minister of Finance, Jourde had allowed him great independence of action, being aware that he would turn it to good account. The prisoner reminded the Court thai the men of mode- rate principles, who had rendered good service to the government at the Post OMce and the Bank during the Commune, were also subordinate tg thd Minisyry of Finances 9 ug Th ewe he Préstient thén dectared THE DEBATES CLOSED. The members of the Court gathered up thelr notes and retired to deliberate. The prisoners were taken out of Gourt, but the six sentries on the platform and the stray sightseers remained to count the hours until the veraict should be rendered, It was then hail-pagt six, and as the day advanced the Court be- came graduatly crowded. Most of the sightseers remained glued to their seats in expectation that the Court would soon return, Some of them would leave, but nurriedly return with provisions for their friends, Patience is a virtue, for the display of which there was ample opportanity yesterday. TOWARDS MiDDAY the gentler sex arrived in force, The day was In- tensely hot, and the fair ones, having breakfasted quietly at home, arrived in butterfy costume. The Court now presentea a lively aspect; the buzz of voices, occasionally interspersed with subdued peais of merry laughter, was heard, and the sea of fans became agitated. At half-past eleven o’ciock @ report was spread that already eight of the accused had been condemned to death, The bearer of breakfast ordered by the Court Was enabled to state this a8 a fact; and, as the re- port was sensational, we believed it greedily, NO CHANCE OF AN IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE JUDGMENT. The guard on the platform took chairs, seated themselves, and, embracing their rifles, were soon far away in the land of dreams. Everything there was hurry-skurry—journalists, advocates and sightseers eating against time, afraid of not being back again tn time to hear the verdict, as the grim- faced huissier had vold them that they might absent themselves In safety for a quarter of an hour, but no more, 4 EVENING, One, two, three, four, five o'clock struck, but still no signs of President and members. The six armed gendarmes woke and commenced reading the news. papers left by the advocates and journalists, The audience still displayed wonderful patience. The Prisoners, who had been kept during the day in a temporary sbed, appeared wlerably resigned, and attempted to assume an air of indifference. M.—Some of the press produced a pack of cards and whiled away half an hour playing for a dinner, although of which none Could possibly foresee at what hour they would par- take. In another part of the hall a gentieman smoked @ cigarette, unheeded py tn atchet-faced huissier, Who actually smiled and conuescended to enter into conversation with any one. Time wore heavily on, and ue was glad to make himself pieas- ant. A NIGHT SESSION. 6:30 P, M.—Procession or huissier and four gend- armes bearing four lamps and two candlesticks, Which were placed on the council tabie. The audience groaned with delight, although the neces- sity of light betokened a night sitting. Five minutes later the lamps were lighted, and at a quarter be- fore seven o'clock, after thirteen hours’ delibera- tou, the President entered, closely followed by the members of the Court, amid tremendous excitement and tummuit. Js it @ matter of surprise that the Court appeared overcome by fatigue? ‘The guards staried from their sleep and presented arms, the advocates hear the balustrade of the dais. ‘The shades of evening were fast gathering, @ journalist stole across the platform and besougnt the huisster to give him candies, and thus the press, with can- dies heid in hand or balanced on the desks, wer able to take note of the judgment, whicu was ri by the President standing, supported by the members of his Court, all of whom retained the /evpis on their heads. According to law the verdict of a conseil de guerre wust be pronounced puvlicly, but not in Presence of the accused. ‘The prisoners were con- sequently not brought into Court. The Miltary Cove iirects that it shall afterwards be read to th accused in presence of the guard undegarins, Wat Not i presence of the pudite, Belore pronouncing judgment the President said:— “In the pame of the French people, the Third vu sell de Guerre of the First Division, deliberating with closed doors, the President has submitted to the Council the penal questions. of which the folowing is aresume. Is the accused guilty? PENAL CODE, Attempt against the government an ane, nx to civil war as member of the ¢ ARTICLES 87, 88, member of the Aut, 9L.—2 bxe: mune. ART. 92.—2. Levying armed troops without order or autho- rity of the legitimate power. ARTS. , 434.—4, Usurpation of titles and function ARTS. 68, 60, U5 Compiictty ip assassination merating the various murders of bostages), ART. 6. uP ‘city ip incendiariem of pubiio boild- ings abd inbabited claces enumeratiog them). RTS, 54, 60, 295, 1. 247, sud. — mj of private Louses (hotel of M. Thiers, &. ). Rt. 341.6. Complicity in destruction of publie monu- ments Abr. #4L.—9. Arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. ART. 314-10. Fabrication of arm bibited by law. 5. Bre riw hige (oavenny ers from their duty. 12. Subtraction of pu oney. 28.15. Having taken’ without mbt or legitimate motive the command of an armed troop, is MILITARY OODR. ART. 178.14. Extraction of documents and titles of which be was the depos ART. 312.—15, a fase order from us city 1n deatraction nee and alleging ABTS. 251, 253,—16, Breaking seals and robbery of pubilc paper SENTENCED. ‘The Conseil unanimously condemned :— FERRE—To ceain ASSi—To transportation to a fortified plac Unbain—Hard labor tor lis —Trausportation, T—Hard labor for life. CuamPy—Transportation to a fortified place. Ki jon Lo a loruned place 20 Ras Transportation Gxrouss e1—Transportation to a fortified place. VExDCRE—Trausportation Lo @ fortified piave. FERAT—Transporiation to @ forutied place. CLEMENT—luree mon imprisonment. CovreeT—SiX months’ figprisonment and 500 | francs fin DescaMrs and PARENT—Acquitted, Al of tie accused are jointly condemned to pay | the expeuses of the thal. AFTER TUR BENTENCE. There was no excitement displayed during the ig OF Lhe judgment, With wie exception of the sentence of Luilier, wileh, When it was pro- Hounced, caused a murmur of horror throughout the Court ‘The aucievce had waned patientiy for Luirwen hours in the hope of seeing the contortions of ile prisoners w the judgment was pro nounced, Th D-appearance of the accused in the Court was Weme of general disappoin ment; the spectators ap; stup: remamed With niger ce ourt ant by the Republican Guard, when I. The President was so fat he reau rapidly and in alow lone of voic almost Inaudivie, Ip court J remarked SEVERAL RELATIVES OF 11K ACCUSE: Assis motser and brother, joray’s wife, Ver dure’s daughter, Ciement’s yrotner, and jast, vat now jJeast, Mademoiselle Perré, the sister of the man con- demied (o deain. Having heard, on good autnority, thatshe had vowea vengeance, J fully expected there would be a scene in Court; but the untappy girl wae quiet. She was dressed in deep mournin aud in apogarance resembles hor brother, aiuMou, cleared ceedings ci | better tooxing. Yesterday a hectic finsh and rest- | less, flery eyes hespoke feverish excitement, | THETAIAL 18 OVER. | The judgment is generally considered to be more lenient than was expected; but all say that te | prisoners anve had a fair trial and that the Presi- | dent and members of the Court have done (heir | duty without partiality, THB LAST SCENE IN COCRT | was intensely dramatic. The large hall enshroaded | in darkness, the lamps on the council table having | been placed near the President, making the pale face | of the veneravle oi stand forth in stroug relief | against tue dark green ee round the dats, as | fatigued and wearily he struggled against exhausted nature to complete the reading of the judgment. The faces of the members of the Court were less dis- | tunguishable; their dark }lue unforms afforded no contrast to the hangings beyond, out the flashes of | light on their epauleites and lace told you that the | heads had bodies, front the bayonets of the | guard appeared like silver in the gloom, and the | | Searcely perceptible sable robes and white | neckfalls of the advocates indicated that their | wearers had not yet forsaken their posts. Night | was falling as the Court entered to pronounce its verdict on the representatives of che Commune, and dismal was the hall within a few minutes. The President ratled strength to pronounce the sentence of capital punishment, and those far away down the hab, in gloom and pitchy darkness, disttnctl | heard the word “Death.” “by a singular coincl- dence, as human vengeance was pronounced, a gendarme, Who had stealthily crept on to the dais, raised the wick of a refractory lamp, and a fash of light fell on the large picture behind the counell table, representing the Saviour on the cross, and the face of Him who came on earth to preach peace and good will toward men, and that we should do unto others as we wish them to do unto us, sud: deniy started into strong rellef on the wall of the dismal council chamber. *. Seward in Paris. The reception given by Messrs, Bowles Brothers (September 2) to Hon. W. H. Seward was a brilliant | and successiul affair. Mr, Nathan Appleton pre- sented the guests to Mr. Seward, who looked very well, was in the best of spirits, and had @ pleasant word for everybody. He thinks his long pieasure tip has improved his general health, Mr, Wash- burne, General Reed, General Banks, George Wilkes, Montgomery Gibbs and Mr. Van Wort, the sculpior, were among the guests. The spacious apartments were filed with resident and visiting Americans, and the tables were laden with ail the good thiugs of the season, While champagne, claret and iced drinks flowed freely. Mr. Seward left at eleven o'clock, after an evening agreeably spent, and all retired much pleased with the entertainnent, Mr. Seward goe3 trom Paris to Berlin for a few days, and from Berlin to London, thence to Liver- pool, from which pert he intends to sail September 16, on the Kussia, for New York, sr” GERMANY. y, pi Laber Troubles Throughout the Empire. ‘Tne German manufacturers will meet, as usual, next Michaelmas at Levpsic, The sch esische Zeitung says the chief subject of their discussions will be the commen measures which should be adopted in oppusition to the social-democratic agitation, which has led the workmen mm most parts of Germany to show an irreconcUable hostility to their employers. The conviction has generally spread among the Manulacturers that the state of things at present existing, Which unfortunately shows nv prospect of improvement, but 18 geting worse day by day, will oblige them to unite in a common course of action. Although they are desirous to assist any attempt to Improve the condition of the workmen which is founded on @ sensible idea and suited to local cir- cumstances and requirements, the employers are resolved to resist to the utmost the unjust demands of ue employed for aisproportionately high wages, and at the same thme for a reduction in the pours of work. In doing this the manufacturers will make use of the same meaus which the workers have employed. 4n the meantime the strikes are increasing. Tne carpenters meet daily to discuss the best means of compelling the masters to comply with their de- mands, The masters, on the other hand, remain firm in their resolution of insisting on the hours from six o’ciock in the morning tll seven in the evening, and of maintaining, as far as possible, ‘he system of piece-work. More than six hundred masters, Who employ about five thousand workinen, have signed a declaration embodying these priaci- pies, There ts also a prospect of new strikes, The bookbinders, leather workers, haberdasuers’ assist- ants, fle makers, box makers, &c., have all an- nounceds meetings to consider a rise in the rate of wages, On the other hand It is a remarkable act tirat the machine builders, as @ rule, have taken no partin the movement, A few weeks ago a part of the workmen in the North German Factory for the construction of railway rolling stock, &c., struck work, in the hope of being assisted by their fellow workmen. They found, to their surprise, however, that ouly eleven of the 20,000 machine butlders 11 Berlin were willing to afford them pecuniary sup- port. Indeed, it seems as if the resaits of the ma- sons’ strike and the fatiure of the machine builders’ nad had a salutary efect on the more sensible work- men, since many are desirous of coming to an un- derstanding with their employers, as to an increase of wages, in a quiet and peaceable manner. A large number of the masons have accepted work on the old conditions, and now that thev find they have sacrificed time and money, suffered privations and contracted debts, without obtaining any equivalent, their indignation is aroused against those who in duced them lo make @ Vain and foolish atvempt. ENGLAND. The Terrible Colliery Explosion at Wigan— How the Disaster Occurred—sixty-nine Lives Sacrificed, {From the London Times, September 7.) About eleven o'clock this morning @ colliery ex- ploston, the full effect of which 1t 18 impossible to state at the time of writing, Occurrea at Messrs Pearson & Knowles’ Moss Pits, situate on Byrn Moss, In the township of Ince, and immecdiaiely behind the plot of land used as a cemetery for the borougn of Wigan. Messrs. Pearson & Knowles have long been noted for the excellent manner in which their collieries have been managed, and during the ternbie succession of disasters which swept over the Wigan coal field a tew years ago their extensive works enjoyed an unmunity which Was gencrally ascribed to the careful management, and to the fact that no expense whatever was spared to iusure the salety of te lives of Uneir work people. The news, therefore, which swept with lightning rapidity through Wigan this morning that an explosion had occurred at one of the colleries of the firm was at first received with increaulity; but ma walk to tne Moss, through Lower Ince, where the Worst was feared, the sad tale was told only too plainly by the excited groups around the cottage doors and the wailing of Wives and ebtidren. There was at once 1 to the pit, and the stream of relatives of tie men and ‘Of spectators gradually mereased, unt at the ime of writing (three o'clock) the crowd at the pit bank numbered several thousand. tthe Moss Pits, wich have been in working onty a Jew years, the seams worked are the Wizan Nine-foot coal, whieh 1s about 480 yards from the | surface, and the Cannel, waten is) some hundred yaras ‘below, and these seams are drawn to the suriace solely by the downcast shait, a a party of simkers bemg at preseut em- ployed im the upeast working duivn to the Arley mine, Which lies at a still greater depth. Aveleven o'clock tls morning the men im the None Feet and the Cannel were at work, and two | Sinkers were descending the upcast shaft to jom { their fellows below, when from the downcaat came @ biast like the discharge trom a cannon, followed by a terrible discharge of soot and smoke from the upeast, which lasted several minutes, and was catered = by = the ~—ssiight—s breeze over the adjacent’ fields, At the first named the cage, then standing on a raised pilat- form, Was whirled out o its position, and the brow- which greatly ternfied him, { the second shaft such a wreck was made of the gear that it 1s wonderful how the browman there, a man named Oakes, came alive from the chaos. He did sustain severe bruises and was taken home in a cart. In the wreck Was Jound a cap, pre- sumably belonging to one of the ginkers then de- scenuing the shatt. Along with the poor people who nad been alarmed by the report came numbers of the most practical men from the neignboring collieries ready to lend all the aid in their power, and many coluery managers Willing to advise and direct. At each shalt parties of workmen were at once employea at the upcast in setting the winding ao- Paratus in order, 80 as to draw up the hoppett which still hang in the shaft, This was accoim- piisbed Ip about an hour and a hall, and its arrival al the suriace Was anxiously awalled by those who hoped against hope that the iwo sinkers migir sill be alive; but the word was “empty,” and there could be no further doubt of the fate of me | men. The hoppett having been sent to the bottom | aud brought back again, three men entered, | and were cautiously lowered to the Cannel seam, whence it shortly returned with a cargo of five colliers, who announced to the 4} many scores of anxious persons, and to the row of scores of others, that all was right there tat the explosion had oecaired in tue 5 The winding of the men from ihe Canuel was Wen | quietly proceeded with, and ail efforts were di to ibe estabushment of commonication wi | hy the downeast sbait, by which aloue, it appe | the Nine-foot can be reached. ‘The work was pro- gressing favorably and a descent Was about tv be made When we leit the pit. When the first exploring party? descended the downeast shail they found Uiree men alive at tue Jurnace, which 18 placed in an upper seam Kuown rour-foot. ‘They then descended to the ol,” where tere Were a nuinver of dead bodies aud several colliers alive, calling for waver, These were sent to we suriace and at tenued tv, and the explorers —_ continued their Work, under the supermtentence of John Brghant, miming engineer, anc W. Pickard, miners’ ageut. Pickard foand tie coas to be on fre, so exi:cteurs were sent duwn and buckets, but iy afterwards the engineers on the pit bank | | artied by a second and turd explosion of amp, At the greatest possivie speea con- | sistent With safety the cage travelled from te tom w (he surface, jor Wwe Winding apparatus jappily bad nov been damaged, aud ater ine third = journey ails the’ eexplorers were safe above ground, alihough several had very narrow @svapes, A consuitaiion Was Held, aud it was decided to brick np the shalt, as tere could be no doubt Lbal all below Were dead, and Lhatthere Was [he greatest Ganger in any Suriier examination of the mine. ‘The dead number 69, of whom 62 ar collers, day laborers and drawe: seam; six are sinkers In the upeast shaft, buried be- neath the rubbish, and one 1s a collier, brought out alive, Who died an hour or two afterwards, Another “Stampede” at Aldershot. {rom the Lendon Standard, Sept. 4.) Scarcely had we drawn our breath after the news of the First Life Guard's misfortunes, when anotner Midpight gallop scares us. Ou saturday might, about ten o'clock, just as the tired soldier was about fo take hig rest, and the equally tired oMcer was peaccany eacvime lla welbearned repose, tha ‘Turd Ro-al Surrey” Militia was startied by the un- inisiakable sounds of advancing cavalry. Nearer and nearer it came, and a wave of maddened horses crashed imto their camp—the Bays haa broken loose, Under very trying circumstances the men behaved exceedingly weil, and m«mediately Yaliued round their oficers to protect the govern- ment property and their own, both of whicn were placed im imminent jeopardy, Thanks to their steadiness and the precautions taken nothing seri ous happened, though there Were numerous bair- breadth escapes, The captain of the day while going his round was witiin an ace of betug killea, ‘The Bays have sufiered severely, one splendid charger, of great value, belonging to an officer, had an eye knocked out; another had halt his face cut away. Several horses had their legs broken, and the turn- pike gate in the Farnborough road, agaiust whica Fae URKOrSnAES animals dashed, is spatcered with blood, Another report says:—On Friday and Saturday the Second Dragoon Guards ((jneen’s Bays) arrived from Colchester and took up their quarters on Cove Commop. ‘The strength of the corps, which is com- mende® by Colonel Seymour, is twenty-three om. cers, 468 men aud, on Saturday, 370 horses. The horses were picketed according to the new systein, A few minutes after nine o'clock seventy-six horses suddenly broke loose trom the right wing of the regiment and galloped madly in all directions. The vast expanse of common ground in the locality 18 intersected by the Basingstoke Canal and pumerous ditches, into Which many of the animals plunged, and were rescued with dificuity from drowning or suffocation, The lives of some of the pursuers were placed in great danger, owing to their 1gno- rance of the locality, and one man narrowly escaped drowning in a large reservoir in which three horses were found swimming about, About a dozen sol- «hers entered the water breast high, and just as the man referred to_ was about to seize a horse the ani- mal Rranged away, and the poor fellow sank be- yond his depth, He was rescued witn difficulty by two comrades, and remained some Ume in an ex- hausted condition. Of the number of horses that broke loose no less than twenty-four were oficers’ chargers. A charger belonging to Captain Greato- rex had an eye cut out, while another broke its leg 80 severely that the bone protruded a consiveravle distance through the skin, and 1¢ was obliged to be shot. At five o'clock yesterday the number dead did not exceed three, but four Weré 80 seriously in- jured that it was feared they would bave to be shot; and others were badly lacerated in various places, while seventeen were still at large, and scouts were searching the country tor mules in every direction. A meeting of the officers was held yesterday to inquire into the circumstances, and shortly after- wards directions were issued to the men to tether their horses according to the system formerly used. The First Life Guards have also resumed the old system. The cause of the stampede on Saturday night 4s attributed to a runaway horse from an aqja> cent camp. The new plan of picketing is generally disap- proved, and the determination of the officers to resume the old method has been heartily weicomed. The former consists in attaching a ring to the near fore and oif hind legs, each being secured by a rope fastened to a piece of wood resembling @ lent pey, about fifteen inches in length, which is driven firmly into the ground. The soidiers give a decided preference to the Indian system. Compiaints are made of the laxity of the Control Department in the supply of the cords used for picketing purposes, the amount of circumlocution necessary for obtaining a single cord being truly astonisning. ‘Thus the men are in duced to shift with improper materials rather wan go through the formanhty attending each application. Ata late hour last evening the number of horses missing had been reduced to fliteen. Some of the stray animals had reached Bagshot, while several faerie cured at Farnborough, Frimley and distant places, The Dake rand the Prim Assassination, Maprip, August 31, 1871. The following letter was addressed on the 10th inst. by the Dake or Montpensier to the Juez del poor but gas only seen the light im the papers Of to-day: To Te BENOR JURZ DRL DEL CONGRESO, Maarid:— Drat Ste—With surprise I have seen reproduced in a per an edict of yours, dated 2d inst., ciing me to pre- sent myself in the Palace of Justice, in Madrid, to make a declaration ii a criminal cause, the said edict not havin, been preceded by due citation delivered at any of my official domiciies—namely, my palace of San Telino, in Seviile, my paince in Calle Fuencarral, Madrid, or at the piace 1 have [a the Congress of Deputies as a representative of the natior In any of the three information as to my whereabouts cou! have been procured, as 1s well Known to everybody since left Spain, and the only one ignorant of this tact seems to be ‘the Juez of the Congreso. Tam perfectly disposed to comply with the duty of aiding to discover the autuors of any crime, and to declare anything within my knowledge which may serve thisend. You can, therefore, direct the proper exhor'o to the Spanish authorities in tuis nation (France), before whom I will make the declar- ations you ask. The said authorities can at all times inform themsciyes of iny whereabouta by means of the representa tive of are in Pay to whom will take care to give ad- vice of the point where I am going to reside when Leave these baths. Iam obliged to recur to this me:hou in the Im- possibility of at present returning to Spain, in consequence of having to attend to the bad state of health of one uf my daughters. God guard you many years, ANTONIO DE ORLEANS. BUENAS AGUA8, France, August 10, 1871. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, Smallpox bas broken out mm a virulent form at Sharpness Point, where vast works are in progress for the extension of the Gloucester aud Berkeley Canal. ‘The damages occasioned by the late war to the various French railwey lines is estimated by the Minister of Public Works at no less than 70,000,000 iranes. “The government,” says the Zialie of Florence, “1s seriously occupied with a plan for endowing Rome With a police force corresponding 0 ali the require- ments of the situation.” There has been formed in Belgium a unter ‘atuollc Workingmen’s Association, According to the public avowal of the chiels, wt is war with the International to the knife. ‘The new iron gunboats recently butlt and armed at Chatham—the Snake and the Scourge—are to be sent Irom Chathain vo Sheerness, to be placed in the first division of the Medway Steam Reserve. The inftux of Freucn money into Germany seems already fo be giving rise to the tmevitabie inflauion, about twenty new banks and Crédit Foncier esta lishments having been started at different potat ‘The Moscow correspondent of the Man aminer reporls that notwithstanding Us Russia to establish direct communication with China by sea there i$ no intention to abandon the ove: jand route, ‘The Roman Osservatore warns the pnd! ware of some pretended loan which the said to be negotiaung. All the Roman papers are copying this warning, so 1 Importance, A correspondent of «the Franvfurter writes from Tusit, under date August eight days the cholera has been violently raging in the neighboring Inse, and in one night Ufteen per- acked, The epidemic displays itself rently when it produces death. Wille ramps ovuers fall into a deep sleep, from DistRIT0 to be- Holy see is and Talaa must pe of sonie take which they never awake.” fhe inhabitants of Tory Isiand, on the Donegal voast (Ireland), Whose refsal to pay county cess Was referred to at the last Donegal Assizes, were again asked to pay a few days ago. They, however, gave the collector who went io enforce payment half au hour to leave the island, and the latter, it ap- pears, made a speedy retreat, The islanders insist on home rule and no taxes, ‘The tenants on the Hertford estate are in the not over-pieasant position of having two landiords, each Dossessing a prima facie clan to payment of the rents, Sir Haroilton Seymoar recently issued a no Uce calling on the tenants to pay their rents to his agent, and now Sir Richard Waliace, Bart, has issued a notice in which he imtimates'that he has appointed an agent, who will call for the rents in due course of business. A very significant token has just heen given of the direction in which the syinpatities of Francis Joseph le 1m the present electoral struggto vetween Ger- man and Slavin Austria, The Emperor is entitled Jo & vote at ihe elections im Moravia. Hitherto ne Nas appointed as nis depaty Count Urbna, who 1s Well known to be @ strong supporter of tne Ger- mans. At tits election the Experor has elected Count Mittrowshy, who is equally well KnOWn as @ SUong supporter of the Slavs. ’ Fonz! AL GOSSIP. —General Fleury, ex-Ambassador of France to Riwasia, 1 at present in Paris — The Emperor of Brazil's visit to Brussels 18 to be commemorated by a medal. —The French Minister for War speaks of offer- ing a prize for @ new mitrailieuse. In ume of peace prepare for war. —dQueen orla will pay a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll as soon as her heatth is suil- ciently recovered. —Marshal Caarobert pointed to the eomn it is said, bas been ap- ud of Bourges, wiich General Ducrot had declined, ——Baroncss Burdett-Contts has given fifty pounds towards the funds for preventing encroacii+ | ments on Epping Forest. —Alexander Dumas is to have @ monument erected at Viliers-Cotlerets, his biruaplace, to com memorate to his memory. —Admiral Lalrousse’s suicide is attributea by the Gbservawny des Pyrences (oO acute suilerings from gout, together with an affection of the Langs. —yihe Princes Frederice Charles and Albert and the Clown Prince 0) Saxony are spoken of as among the proposed recipicuts of grants providea by the Donation Fund, bd he King of Bavaria has prohibited ail civil viiary emnlaves irom Yecoming Freemasons or joining the International or any political or tm austria: association whatever, ——M, Jules Favre nas returned to his practice at the French bar, and a couple of wee! KO WAS ene gaged in the rst case he fas appeared in since his retirement (rom the Ministry, ae none ——The ministérs of Frais, Austria, Holland and Belgium, in full uniform, were received at the Vati- can on the 24th and presented the congratuiations yf their respectve goveramenty co the Holy Father. Soe bemrise ts Sts te Julie Forachel, who, adéording to dalignani, ts good-looking young woman of avout twenty, was arrested on the goth ult. in the Rue Berzeilns, Batig- noiles, on a cl of having aided in setting fre to the Magasins de la Villexte. ——tThe Emperor of Brazil, the Grand:Duke Con- Stantine of Rassia, the Princess de ieuss and Miss Patten-Saunders are the last members elected to the —_ Athletic Club in London, This is the most aristocratic gymnastic club in that city. ——Mortara, made famous by being the father of the young Israelite wno caused so much trouble once upon a time, will, according to the Univers, be soon brought before the Court of Assize on the charge of murdering one of bis domestics. —The Pope, says the Levant Herald, has sent Mer, Pluym the sum of 1,000,000 francs (£40,000) to aid in clearing off the neavy debts of the apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopie, the creditors of which are said to be inspirituatly clamorous for payment. —The Earl of Shaftesbury recently addressed about 20,000 lactory operatives on Glasgow Green. His lordship commented chicy on the noble achievement of the ‘en liour bill and the benelts which had resulted to empioyers and employed frou the limitation of lavor. ——Count Waldersee, who has hitherto repre- sented Germany at Paris, has been replaced by Count Arm. AS Count Waldersee is a military man and Count Arnim is not, many German papers see in this change a sigu of improved reiations between Germany and France, ——Razoua, the Communist, has been released by the Swiss government because the French gov- ernment falled to forward the required documents in support of the extradition demand, although the required documents aud proofs are quite within reach, Good tiling to have hiends at Court, they Bay. ——Prince Alfred of Engiand, the presumptive heir to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, shows himseif very favorable to the project of a complete union and seeks in every way to bring 1t about. Next month the Landtag will be called for the purpose, and it is not impossible that the union may then become a fuit accomplt. —Marshai Leboeuf, says the Indépendance Belge Was seen the other day at Atx, in La Provence, a few miles trom Marsetiles, aud that he has been in the South of France for several weeks past, He 1s sumewhat disguised by bis veard, which he haz allowed to grow. Wnen recognized at Aix he was saluted by cries of “A bas Lebauf!” & The Marshal left, —Don Carlos, says the Epoca, 13 in Geneva, and the Oarlist party proposes to walt till the Interpa- ‘tonal-socialist insurrection, now making its prepa- rations, shall wrap the Country in flames, when ie people in their terror w! any party ogerin, guarantees of material siredeth and fiir aa the rality. Whichever party can do th i the one which may surely G6unt upoa victory. —Of abont one hundred and fifty oMcers in the Baron de Cuarrette’s legion ouly six have taken ser- vice in the French army, aud those were compelled by necessity to ao so, It is cited as a proof that tuey are all men of fortune, and it 18 well known that M. de Charrette has never received nor de- manded one cent for his services, out nas con- tributed liberally to ald In equipping his corps. —Mr. Seward, the great American traveller, visited the National Assembly at Versailles on the 30th of August with Minister Washburne, and was present while they were discussing the “proposition Rivet.” Mi whe evening he attended the receouon of President ‘Tilers and had a private interview. On Thursday following Mr. Seward and his daugh- ter and Miss Risley dined with the President. —Mr. John Martin, M, P., has written a letter on the snbject of Orange processions, Iu which, while condemping the “oifensiveuess and bad taste” of these displays, he matntains the legal right of the Orangemen to induige in them so long as they do not commit a breach of the common law. He ad- vises the Roman Catholics not to interfere with them, a course of procedure which he believes would pon greauy tO make Lue processions fall into desue- ude. THE TRAGEDY IN NEW LONDON, CONN, eve, Murder and Suicide—Full Particulars of the Affair. A brief announcement was made by telegraph on Friday ofthe murder by Leonard Rogers, # half- breea Mohegan Indian, of a young girl, Miss Hatue F. Lily, at New London, and his subsequent sut- cide. ‘The following paruculars from the Bulietin's account will prove interesting:—Leonard Rogers. & hall-vreed Mohegan Indian, about thirty-five years old, had for sometime vainly endeavored to per- suade a young girl vy the name of Hattie & Lily to become his wile. She had been engaged to him, but during a recent visit to New Haven appears to have changed ber mind. On her return tw New London Wednesday night Rowers met her at the depot, bat she Went aione to the house of her mother, On Prospect Hill, on the Hartford turn- pike, about # mile aud # half trom the city. On Thursday morning Rogers called at the house, and passed some ume in friendiy conversation with tne girl and her mother, Mrs, Lewis, and subsequently invited the girl to an in- verview inthe back hall. It is supposed that he at that time urged the girl to marry him and that she reiused. After a few minutes Mrs. Lewis heard a scream and went the door of che hall, but Rogers prevented her entrance, and threatened to blow her brains out if she iteriered. A moment afterwards the report of a pistol was heard, and Mrs. Lewis bursting open the door saw the body of her daugi- ter lying on the foor, dead, wiih an ugly wound in her forehead. She raised tie cry of murder, and Rogers burst out of the house and ran a snort dts- tance. He ten returned, and meeting a man pamed Eusha Rogers asked pim if he would take a Tetter out of bis pocket and read it wien he was dead. He also remarked, “They have fooled me as long a3 they ever will, I got the best or them ths lume.” He then placed @ pistol to his right tempie and fired, the shot being almost instantly fatal. ‘The following ts the letter referred to by te murderer and jound upon his perso: ORNER OF CEMETERY, CoLenEstRR ROAD, WATERFORD, Moruing of September 13, "71.9 Lhave been unabie to write 1p all the particulars concern- ing sins Hattie and myseity but what I did write can ve found somewhere in « trunk Jn Golden street, New London, The sth of April last attic bad a girl baby weighing eleven pounds. Its father, her mother and I attended her without the aasisiauce 0! @ physician, or any one, Hattie being y ed wo me 19 marriage, providing L would render all assist- in my power to remove the child, and thas temporartiy tablish the Lovor of Hattie, when the busy bodies bad commenced to talk abont the promise mothe reed to by Hattie, On New London, 1 teling the keeper 1 but instead took the ehiid in @ bas to Lime, drove up the’ Norw road through Montville aud Jeft the baby and basket at C. B. Roger's, and returned to . at two o'clock, finding Hattie’ ali alone and al k Ihave seen Hattie every day since, until Mo away to New Haven. at the cbance to ther thes k the Her motuer went to see ber at my rejuest, and brought ine word, as E expected, | that Hattie never wished to yee me again. I' knew Hattie was with child second tine, and told her Teould by taking Hatue to Norwich procure'an abortion, and theu we would part good friends and forever. This’ being satisfac: tory, Hatue, with the bope of belag reileved of her burden, retirned to New London by the tive o'clock train to receive fa kinduess at the hands of her worst, bitcerest and moat dan- gerous enemy, from the fact thal I'told herif she tried t fool me she had but one more to fool, and that was God. 1 _mistrasted bow the oid thing’ was working, for after I got her dressed up preity well abe got to f big and proud, which pleased that old, dirty, lying, ache thief of a mother of hers very much. ' Why, that old th: to may knowledge, bas been Rogers’ turkeys lant fall. Lwon't say wil 1 kuow but look under the floor up stairs and tind things, a barometer stolen from the Bentley House ast spring, corner of Washington and State streets, Sho was an awial woman, the foundation of all my troubles her gir! to minuse me Ait@ receiving nearly all my earnings for the sake of that one. The child can be found on East Great Plain, Norw: it wan left at C, B. Rogers’ and taken by a Mrs. Wilbur, who thought it too nice a child to be sent to the Aimabonse, So eoodby everybody, I am going away. tut I shall take tiaitie with me. After the letter was read the authorities took up. the Noor In the house of Mrs, Lewis, and found the barometer as stated. ‘They will take steps to ascer- fam the truth of the other statements made in the letter. Rogers was a decorative painter by profes- sion, and au exceileat workman. He was in the employ of Saunders & Waldo, New London, and boarded at No. 16 Goiden street, He bore a good general reputation. Although not strictly teuipe- Tate, he did not appear to oe vader the influence of stimulants on Thursday morning, He ts reported io have wile living in Malone, N. Y. He appears to have meditated the bloody twagedy for some days, for recenuy commenting upon the departure of a friend he said:—“L shall go soon, and when [ go there will be two of us.” He wise remarked @ short Ume since that he wonkd not make such a fool of himself as Eisenbrandt, Who shot a giri and then hiwsell, and ouly succesded In killing binaself, Miss y Was a short and Hic blonde, quite good Jooxing and uniy sixteen years and five months old, | Hier mother is English aud has been twice married. ‘The girl's character has of late been const prea ty mauy as suspicious, to say the least. Considerabi sympatay 18 felt for her, however, which may be somewhat abated if the allegations In the murderer's letter are proved to be trae. THE LanGKsT TAXPAYERS IN BOSTON. Tne books Al the Assessor's ollice 1n Boston show ihe following Wo be among the largest taxpayers: Boston and Albany Rattroad Corporation. . $: ‘Trustees Joshua Sears’ estate, . Boston Gaslight Corporauon Augustus Hemenway... Fiity Associates. Moses Willams. . Pereeer ti Boston and Prov Railroad Corpora: ton. David Sears’ estaie, Natian Mathew: ; ‘Trustees Buen Franess? estate James M. Beebe. Haward A. White eval, trust mons’ estate, Ola ¢ rat 4 Joun'sim- 1,433,900 aiiroad C 887,00 deo 1,159,400 ) 1151000 ' 112i, 1,000,000 3,000,010 Georgy i aaeco wit and atolen her neighbor | ODD FELLOWSHIP. Annual Session of the Gand Lodge of the United States at Chicago. 7 he ae Important Legitlation—List of Officors and Repq resentatives—Large Attendance—Numer- ous Visitors—Interesting Statistics. CHcaGo, Sept. 17, 1871. The National Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows—denominated the Granw Lodge of the United States—meets in annual com~ munication in this city, commgncing to-morrow: morning at nine o'clock. ‘This 18 the forty-eevenin; annual convocation of the supreme organization of, American Oda Fellowship, and the probabiliues are} that the session will pe the fhost interesting and exciting one that has ever been held. The deleq gates are arriving by every train from all parts of ; the country, and the number of visitors, drawn hither by the interest felt in this novel event in Chi- cago, is enormous. All the hoteis are crowded to overflowing. and this festive city presents more than its ordinary life and gayety, and) everybody desires to know “what's up?” +*Why,’?> is the response, “‘haven’t you learned that the Oddi Fellows from all parts of creation are here” “They, haven't come to be divorced from their wives, trust?” “Oh, no; for most of them have brough& their wives along, and you know they don’t have to do that when they find an incompatibility.” “Ah,, yes, Lsee the point; these Odd Fellows are odd im keeping even.” “Even go,’? I But while everybody ts talking about the Odd Fel-, lows the reader will desire to be informed as to tha extent, numbers and resources of this powerful and; influential organization, Before giving these sta-/ tistics it 18 in order to submit a list of the Grand, officers and representatives attending the session: —~ OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE G. L. U. 3 F. D, Stuart, Washington, D. 0., Gr. Sire, S.A. Love Leuvenwo D. G. Sire. Kan., J. L; Ridgely, Baitimore, Md.. Gr. C. and R. See. Joubua Vansant, Baltimore, Md.y Gr, Treas, 3. W. Venable, Versailles, Ky. Gr. Chaplain, Ao 8. W. Cayce, Mobile, Ala., Gr. Mare'agy (uss James Smith, London, Ont. @-, guardian. J. E. Chamberlain, B*! mote, Md., Gr. Meaienger: 2RVRESENTATLVES. kingon, i. 2.5 Alexander, J Poco ‘Archer, 0. ©. Mo Madden, W. Baird, @. Mangham, 8. Barber, L, Miss McFariin, J. H. Barker, W. H.. Del McLaren, D. Morse, J. ¥. re ea McCat N Cox, B.G., Carier, J. W Curry, W. T. Cunningham, P. L. Colton, N.H. Curtis, J. 8. Peirce, J. Price, J. AL Porter, N ky Dowden, M. Durham, M. J. Ross, T. Driggs, T. 1 Sonn Robinson, J. Dean, & Sach Richardson, W.. Robbe, A.” Drisool, J.P. E, ¢ Stinson, A. L. Stokes,’ J. W Turner, J. Teknor, J. 8. ‘Thayer, W. Tompxius, J. k. Towle, B.D. Underwood, T.. Vandegriff, 3. A. Varney, 0. W Glenn, J. B. Hamilton, E, J Hickok, CoN..2. Havenner, J. F.... Harris, 1 Hall, 6. B Wilson, W.. Haseltine, J. Wroth,’'J. Hudson, J. W. Wildman, Hubbard, H. Wise, R. J. 8. Harmon, J. Wilkerson, E. Hires, A Kent, 0. 0. Whitney Lamberion, Ward, Lindenberg, H. Wickersbam. E. i. Latham, if Va Wesitall,J. Lanphear, W. Wis Wilson, A Leech, E. J. Iowa Williams, J. F. Medole, J. Y Woodyatt, J. McLean, W. R.. D.C Whitaker, D. B STATISTICS. ; The number of subordinate loages has increase during the last year from 3,857 to 4,297, and the inf trations were 49,557 against 46,309 in the previous year. The total revenue in both branches of the Order in 1870 was $3,060,659, and in 1874 (fscal year ending June 30) it amounted to $3,473,461. The total relief grautea to the sick and dis- tressed in 1870 amounted to $952,560, and in 187) 1b aggregated $1,090,051. Tne contributing membership increased 27,674 during tne last year. The number of contributing memvers on the 30th of June was 326,311. These statistics indicate that the Order of Odd Fellows is progressive and flourishing, and that the beautiiul principles they profess— friendship, love and truth —are Minding thelr way to Vhe hearts and arfectivus of all who entertain feel~ jugs Of regard for tieir fellow men. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. Many important measures will be brought up for adjudication during the session, Among the most important are several proposed amendments to the constitution of the Grand Lodge of the United States—to wit, clanging the name of the and Lodge to ‘supreme Lodge of the Inde~ pendent Order of Odd Feliows;” another, changing the tile to “Grand Lodge of America ofthe Inde- pendent Order of Ocd Fellows;? rendering it com- petent to alter the unwritten work with the concur- rence of four-fifths of the representatives, in lieu of by unanimous vote, as now requirea, There hay veen for. many years an effort made to change the esoteric work of the Order; but it has proved funie on account of some “off horse” holding out againstit, The proposition to so amend the constitution as to permit the Order in Australasia to Initiate persons between the ages | of eighieen and twenty-one ‘will probably be car= ried, Tas wilt do much towards increasing the | membership mM Ausiratia and New Zealand, where | other brauches of Odd Fellows admit minors, TUE OHAPEAU. The question as_ to allowing subordinate encamp- ments to wear any “uniform style of head dress” approved by the Grand Patriarch of the jurisdiction 18 Occasioning much controversy throughout the organization. The Grand Sire issued a pro- | clamation forvidding the wearing of cha- peaux, swords, belts, gauntlets, &c., by encampments when on parade, and this action gave tlissauisiaction tw many cacampments 19 New Eng~ land and elsewhere, which had previously expended thousands of dollars for such paraphernalia, This matter will be brought before the Grand Lodge for adjustment, and it is the prevalent opinion thas the Graud Sire’s decision in the premises will be re- voked, at least so tar as the wearing of chapeaux 1 concerned. THY SUNDAY LAW. At the last session of the Supreme Body (Baltl- more, September, 1570) @ resolution Was adopted restricting the holding of lodge meetihgs on the Christian Sabbath w those for funeral purposes. This enactment has proved highty objection- able and obnoxious to the German ele- ment in the order, numbering over forty thousand, because they do not see any more harm yy froin listening to the sublime moral lectures of Ud Fellowship on the Sabbath than In attending church services. Moreover, they deem It to be coutrary to the spirit and incuications of the Order, whica has Jor one of its cardinal objects the propagauon of the sentiment of toleration—recognizing no par- ty in politics and no sect. or dogma in religion — knowing no Saath save that of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood ; ol man. ‘Chis question ts making a great sur in the fraternity, and it ts expected tnat there will be a very anitiated and protonged discussion in the Grand Lodge in reference thereto. Several State Grand Bodies have mst ed their representatives to exercise their influence toward bringing about the repeal of the regulation adverted to, OTHER MATTERS, The degree of the Daughters of Rebekah wag | originated by Vice rrestdent Colfax, who ts one of | the leading Odd Fellows in the country. Tuts de~ gree is for the benelit of wives of the brotherhood, aad has become quite popular, An effort will bo | made to secure to louges of this degree the right to ballot on candidates for membership. There are | over 60,000 ladies connected with this organization. | The subject of allowing subordinate lodges: control thetr fands, and that in reference to making | tne fiscal year end im December, mstead of June, | Will come up for action, and the bes bene = of the | session, which will continue throughout the week, | will, doubtless, materially affect the vital inveresis | of the Order. DREADFUL ACCIDENT, An Old Couple Barut to Death at Coytesville, Ne. de Yesterday morning, the 17th inst., a small house, occupied by an aged couple named Jonn Higgins | and Bridget Higgins, his wife, was discovered to be | on fire, An alarm was soon given, when the vil- | lagers came together in great numbers, and some of | them rushing Into the house (the roof being then in flames) found the charred remains of the old people, which were at once removed and placed under the of some trees near by. The tire Was soon suv I 1s supposed that the fire occurred from a defect tn the Due of tue chimney, aud that tt was entirely accidental, The foregomg facts were elicited at the inquest held in the alternoon. | M has a daugiiter, Wo ia sndvosed Lo reside York city. Thay in new SESSION OF 1871. if \ : OOOO _ Ee